Kourilova8 Quotes & Sayings

I am an enthusiastic participant in a church, but I have never been particularly concerned with denominational identity. — Stanley Hauerwas

I preferred the booty shorts, but I thought you'd prefer these. ~Mirko — Angeline Kace

The city fought a $300 million, 18-year war on graffiti. New York Mayor John Lindsay declared war in 1972, and the battle for the transit system came later. — Adam Mansbach

Other examples of human-sourced pharmaceuticals surely causing more distress than they relieved include strips of cadaver skin tied around the calves to prevent cramping, "old liquified placenta" to "quieten a patient whose hair stands up without cause" (I'm quoting Li Shih-chen on this one and the next), "clear liquid feces" for worms ("the smell will induce insects to crawl out of any of the body orifices and relieve irritation"), fresh blood injected into the face for eczema — Mary Roach

It doesn't matter why he wants you. The point is he isn't getting you back. I'd rather die, than see you go back there." "Why?" She asks, truly curious to the way he cares so deeply all of a sudden. "When I saw you at the facility that night, I've never seen anyone more hurt and mistreated than the way you were. And I come from a very violent upbringing. — Amy Lunderman

In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My first Olympics was Munich in 1972. I am better now than I was then, in knowledge and experience. The age of top riders generally tends to be older than in other sports because it takes a lot of time to be consistent. — Ian Millar

I can explain it to you, but I can't make you understand it. — R. Gaston

Creativity is the catalyst to the future. — Ann Marie Frohoff

Precepts in Buddhism are not imposed by some outside authority. They arise from our own insight based on the practice of mindfulness. To be attached to the form without understanding the essence is to fall into what Buddhism calls attachment to rules. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Crook your finger;
they'll come closer.
Pull the covers tighter to your chin;
in beside you they'll creep. — Emmanuelle De Maupassant

Breathless living is anything but the abundant life. The pace at which we live is not sustainable. — Stephen W. Smith

He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted. — Patrick Suskind

Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote. — Elayne Boosler